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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

In a way, it's hard for me to believe that this year is ending. The older I get, the faster they go, it seems. While 2011 has been a good year to me and my family (for the most part), I always welcome the coming of a new year with arms wide open.

I saw this on Pinterest:

This sort of embodies my love for the new year. Fresh start. Another chance to begin again. I've been doing a lot of thinking about how I want to begin my story for 2012. Where I want the year to take me, what I want to accomplish, places I'd like to visit. And while I know that even the best plans fall apart sometimes, I am excited to get a new routine started. There are certainly some aspects in my life that I feel have been lacking this past year (ahem, blogging...), some that I feel have advanced a long way, and others that I wanted to change that just didn't happen at all. Working on a little shift in priorities for 2012. A few things on my mind...

- making more time for ME. This includes exercise, blogging, creating, writing, and doing more of all of the things that recharge my batteries and help me to unwind.
- recording more of our day-to-day life. I am excited to try to keep up with a weekly running scrapbook that is simply photos and snippets of journaling. The same type of thing as Project Life, but before I invest in that system, I want to see if I can make that work for us. And hoping to share some of that here.
- Nourishing friendships both old and new. Being better about sending cards and emails and all the little things that I used to do really well that sort of slipped to the bottom of the list and therefore never got done. (Sorry friends! I promise I'll do better!)
- Spend more time "unplugged"- no tv, computer, phone, etc...
- QT with my kids and husband, which really is at the top of the list, so pay no attention to the order of my rambling on here. Lately I feel as though I'm working so much that I barely see my kids before it's time for bed. Not a big fan of that one at all, so gotta do something to turn things around there.
-letting go of past hurts, forgiving and finding peace with things. Another big one. I have 2 big events that sort of shaped my 20's. Emotions that I've sort of buried surrounding those 2 events and because of that they continue to be raw spots on my heart. My intent is to heal.

Just a sampling of the many things that are moving to the top of the list for the coming year. Trying to come up with a word to sum it all up to have as my "One Little Word" for 2012. More to come on that...